Washing-machine.



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- T. I. WATSON.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 14,1905.

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No. 834,350. PATENTED OCT. 30, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS WATSON, OF FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. I

WASHING-MACHINE.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 30, 1906'.

- Application filed July 14, 1905. Serial No. 269,664.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS I. WATSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Forest City, in the county of Rutherford and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines, of Which the following is a specification. 1

My invention has relation to washingmachines; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a washing-machine embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan Fig. 3 is a detail vertical section longitudinally through the tub. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the intermediate rubbing member or board. Fig. 5 is a side elevation showing a slightly-modified embodiment of the device. Fig. 6 is a detail view, partly in section, showing the tubo eratlng mechanism, the section being on t e line 6 6 of Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings, and particularly to-Figs. 1 to 4, 1 designates vertical uprights or standards attached at their lower ends to the side bars of a base-flange 2, which is referably of the form herein shown, and indludes a central longitudinal beam or timber 3, there beingprovided at the upper ends of the standards 1, which are strengthened by inclined braces 4, bearing-openings 5, having journaled therein a transversely-extending rock-shaft 6, on which is fixed the upper ends of vertically-depending bars or hangers 7, fixedly attachedat their lower ends to and adapted to sustain for oscillatory movement a substantially rectangular vessel or tub 8, having a discharge opening or port disposed adjacent its bottom and normally closed by a block 9, there being connected with the beam 3 a pair of normally contracted springs 10, disposed, res ectively, at opposite ends of the tub and etachably engaged with the latter through the medium of engaging members or hooks 11 for a purpose which will presently appear.

Pivoted to the beam 3 at one end of the frame is an operating member or lever 12, connected by a rigid element or link 13 with the tub 8 on which is provided a pair of spaced brackets 14, between which the adj acent end of the link 13 is pivoted, it being apparentthat under this arrangement when the lever 12 is suitably operated an osclllatory movement will be imparted to the tub 8, and, further, that as the tub swings back and forth the springs 10 will be alternately expanded and contracted, therebyautomatically effecting the return movement of the tub in either direction and materially decreasing the power exerted by the operator.

Provided on the bottom of the tub 8 and within the latter is a series of relatively spaced ribs 15, similar ribs 16 being provided on the normally inner face of a removable cover 17, designed to seat in the tub over the clothes and having a bail or handle 18 by which it may be manipulated, there being arranged within the tub and adapted in practice to lie centrally between the bottom of the latter and cover 17 a rubbing member or board 19, having upon its opposite faces transversely-extending bars or ribs 20, corresponding to the ribs 15 and '16 and cooperating with the latter for rubbing the fabric during the washing 0 eration.

In practice the c othes having been arranged in the tub, as illustrated in Fig. 3, with the member or board 19 and cover 17 roperly positioned, the operator grasps the ever 12 and swings the same back and forth, thereby imparting oscillatory movement to the tub, as heretofore explained, this movement serving to cause the fabric to shift back and forth from end to end of the tub and subjecting the same not only to the rubbing ac- 22, fixed to the base-frame 2, said pinion being in mesh with a driving-gear 23, also rotatively sustained by the standard and having a crank-handle 24. In this form of the device when the handle 24 is grasped and operated for rotating the gear 23 the pinion 21 being of relatively smaller size than the gearwill be driven at a correspondingly higher speed for imparting a rapid oscillation to the tub 8.

It is to be observed that under the constructions disclosed in both forms of the device the springs 10 and link 13 may be readily disengaged from the tub 8 and the latter removed from the frame by unseating the shaft 6 from the bearing-openings 5, thus permitting the machine as a Whole being readily dismantled when desired or circumstances may require.

From the foregoing it is apparent that I produce a comparatively simple inexpensive device of the character described admirably.

adapted for the attainment of the ends in View, it being understood that minor changes in the details herein set forth may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, What, I claim is A Washing-machine comprising -a baseframe, a plurality of vertical standards se cured on 0p osite sides thereof, cross-pieces secured to t e'upper-en'ds ofthe standards THOMAS I. WATSON. Witnesses J. F. FLACK, EVA FLAoK. 

